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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-205" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Statewide Building and Housing Codes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Electric vehicle” means a vehicle that uses electricity for propulsion.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Electric vehicle supply equipment” means a device or facility for delivering electricity to an electric vehicle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“EV–ready parking space” means a parking space that has electrical panel capacity and full circuit installation of a minimum 40–ampere, 208/240–volt circuit, raceway wiring, a NEMA 14–50R receptacle, and circuit overcurrent protection devices.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“EVSE–installed parking space” means a parking space with electric vehicle supply equipment that is fully installed from the electrical panel to the parking space.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Housing units” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>single–family detached houses;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>duplexes; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>town houses that are subject to the provisions of the International Residential Code.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Housing units” does not include multifamily residential buildings that are subject to the provisions of the International Building Code.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>“Level 2 charging” means that the charging capability of the electric vehicle supply equipment:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>includes the ability to charge a battery or any other energy storage device in an electric vehicle through means of an alternating current electrical service with a minimum of 208 volts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meets applicable industry safety standards.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>“Vehicle” has the meaning stated in § 11–176 of the Transportation Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to the construction of housing units that include a separate garage, carport, or driveway for each residential unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The construction of a new housing unit shall include in or on the garage, carport, or driveway:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>one EVSE–installed parking space capable of providing at least Level 2 charging; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one EV–ready parking space.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other law, a county or municipal corporation may require the construction of housing units to include a greater number of EVSE–installed parking spaces or EV–ready parking spaces than are required under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
